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The Waterville 
Valley 




A HISTORY, DESCRIPTION 
AND GUIDE 



BY 
A. L. GOODRICH 



Edition 3, Revised 
1916 







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13 1916 ( C^ 



When, all at once, behold ! 
Beneath our feet, a little lowly vale, 
A lowly vale, and yet uplifted high 
Among the mountains ; even as if the spot 
Had been from eldest time by wish of theirs 
So placed, to be shut out from all the world ! 

The Excursion. — Wordsworth. 



CONTENTS 

Part I. Descriptive and Historical 9 

Part II. The Guide 29 

1. Mountains 29 

2. Other Objects 39 

3. Walks and Trips 57 

4. Altitudes 58 



NOTE 

The author desires to ask indulgence for any 
errors that may be detected. Great care has been 
taken and much time spent in an endeavor to 
reach an accurate record and to make a correct 
map, but it can hardly be expected that mistakes 
have not crept in. The writer also wishes to 
acknowledge his indebtedness to all who have so 
kindly furnished him with information and assist- 
ance ; and in particular to Miss Mary E. Briggs, of 
affectionate memory, from whom much of the 
historical data was obtained, and to Mr. N. L. 
Goodrich, the writer's son. Of the illustrations, 
the view from Noon Peak was taken by Mr. 
E. H. Lorenz ; the others are from the author's 
photos. 

Auburndale, Mass., April, 1916, 



PART I 

Descriptive and Historical 

The Waterville Valley is a name given to the 
upper portion of the valley of the Mad River and 
lies almost entirely in the town of Waterville, 
N. H. 

It may be reached by leaving the main line of 
the Boston and Maine Railroad at Plymouth, 
N. H., and taking the branch road up the Pemige- 
wasset valley as far as Campton. The visitor here 
turns away from the Pemigewasset to the north- 
east and follows the carriage road into the broad 
mouth of the Mad River valley. As he advances, 
the valley closes in, the hills grow higher, the road 
enters the forest, and continues its upward course 
close along the banks of the swift, brawling stream 
whose character has given it the name it bears. 
About nine miles from the point where he left the 
train our traveller begins to see signs of a change 
in the mountain wall on his left. As he catches 
glimpses through the forest along the stream, or 
from occasional clearings, he feels that he is ap- 
proaching a wider, more open valley trending 
north. He is now on the southern border of the 
Waterville valley. The high summits on his 
right have retired some distance only to rise to 



greater heights in the dome-like double crest of 
Sandwich Mountain and then to sweep round by 
the east in a series of lower crests and masses bar- 
ring farther advance in the direction in which he 
has come and finally running off to the north in 
the high ridge of which Snow's Mountain makes 
the crown. The high mountain wall on his left 
has turned sharply to the north and runs off in a 
smooth, splendid, heavily wooded slope till it cul- 
minates in the bare brow of Mt. Tecumseh. Be- 
tween these two ridges, that of Snow's Mountain 
on the east and that of Tecumseh on the west, 
with a distance of something over three miles from 
crest to crest, lies the trough-like lower portion 
of the Waterville valley. At its northern end, 
four or 'five miles away, apparently closing the gap 
completely, rises the huge mass of Mt. Osceola. 
The road we have followed crosses Snow's brook, 
comes fairly out into the clearing, runs up to 
Elliott's Hotel, and divides, one fork making a 
loop in front of the Hotel, the other running past 
the barn to lose itself in a maze of logging roads. 
There is no other road in or out. A short dis- 
tance above the hotel the valley turns rather 
sharply to the east and immediately divides. The 
wider part bears to the southeast and runs off to 
lose itself against the steep westerly flanks of the 
Tripyramids. The narrower part turns back a 
little to the north for. a mile or more and then, 
swinging sharply to the left, runs into a fine moun- 



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tain pass, known as the Mad River Notch, which 
lies between Mts. Osceola and Kancamagus. 

The whole valley then is really a bowl-like de- 
pression with a diameter of about six miles, around 
the rim of which, going from north round by east, 
stand the following mountains : — Mt. Osceola with 
its two peaks, Kancamagus with its five rounded 
and crowded summits, the four peaks of the Tri- 
pyramids, the confused mass of doubtful name 
and still more doubtful topography in the triangu- 
lar space between the South Tripyramid, White- 
face and Sandwich Mt., Sandwich Mt. itself with 
its outlying spurs, and finally Mt. Tecumseh clos- 
ing the circuit. But the symmetry of this bowl is 
broken by two projections thrust from the sur- 
rounding wall toward the centre. From the south- 
east comes forward fully to the centre of the bowl 
the large ridge of which Snow's Mt. forms the 
crest; while from the low fourth, or northwestern, 
peak of the Tripyramids runs a long ridge ending 
in "The Scaur" between Slide brook and Flume 
brook. 

This valley was first entered by settlers about 
1820. It was then included in the Gillis & Foss 
Grant. Among the settlers of early date were 
Josiah Gillis, Jr., Moses Foss, Noah Danforth, 
Benj. Ellis, Frank C. W. Blanchard, William 
Snow, Nathaniel Greeley, Asa Bryant and Wm. 
Baird. It was incorporated as the town of Water- 
ville July 1, 1829 and by the next year ten acres 

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of land in the vicinity of the "Spruces" had been 
cleared by Wm. Baird from Dumbarton, N. H. 
By 1831 seventeen poll taxes were assessed and 
twenty acres of improved land taxed, but the cold 
rocky soil of this high, northern valley offered few 
inducements for farming and by 1833 eleven of 
the seventeen men, two of the three horses and 
four of the fourteen cows had disappeared. 

Mr. Arnold Drake, Sr. (who came in 1838), 
and Mr. Snow, bought their farms of Nathaniel 
Greeley. The Drake family has disappeared from 
the valley ; their farm is now owned by Mrs. 
Elliott. The best location was doubtless that of 
Wm. Snow who lived to an advanced age near the 
foot of the mountain which bears his name. His 
house was standing on its old site down to a 
recent date but has now been removed. It stood 
on the northern side of Snow's brook, about eight 
rods from the highway, at the point where the 
road makes its abrupt turn. 

The early saw mills, though numerous, were 
short of life. In 1828(9) Wm. Baird built a mill 
at the "old dam" below the present site of Drake's 
Mill. Elisha Packard built his mill in 1850 on 
Snow's brook, 75 or 100 rods below the highway. 
Danforth Cook built another in 1855 at the point 
now called "The Steps," and Mr. Drake built his 
in 1861. Mr. Drake's mill was burned in 1895, 
the present mill replacing it the same year. Cook's 
Mill (the "old mill" of the early visitors) was on 



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the west side of Mad River. It was reached by 
a high bridge which crossed the stream just below 
the dam. Mr. Cook's house stood about half way 
between Moody Elliott's house (now Osceola 
Cottage) and the bridge. 

The road to Swaseytown and Beckytown fol- 
lowed the present Swaseytown path to the Cas- 
cades very closely, crossing Cascade brook a short 
distance below the point where the present foot- 
path crosses. 

Eben Swasey and family lived in Swaseytown 
from 1842 to 1849; and Beckytown was inhabited 
by Frank C. W. Blanchard and Rebekah, his wife, 
between the same dates. Both places have long 
since been abandoned to the forest which has 
nearly reclaimed them, and Beckytown in particu- 
lar has been buried many feet beneath the debris 
of the great slides from Tripyramid. 

The old bridle-path to the Saco valley by the 
way of Greeley Ponds (now lost), was made in 
1860; the old Flat Mt. path to Sandwich by way 
of Snow's brook (now lost), was made in 1860; 
the North Woodstock path, in 1877 ; the Liver- 
more trail, in 1879; the Woodbury trail to White- 
face, in 1902; the Air Line, in 1907; the new Flat 
Mt. Ponds trail in 1906. 

The Waterville of to-day owes its character, if 
not its existence, to Nathaniel Greeley and Nancy, 
his wife, who came from Salisbury, N. H., among 
the earliest settlers. 



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Nathaniel and Joseph Greeley were born and 
reared in Salisbury, N. H., and their father at an 
early day purchased several hundred acres of land 
in Waterville and donated it to the two brothers. 

They entered the valley in the spring of 1831 
and found that the larger part and perhaps all of 
the purchase was on the high lands on the east 
side of the valley. Joseph, after remaining a few 
weeks, thinking he could do better elsewhere, went 
to New York where he remained to the time of 
his death. Of his share of the land Nathaniel 
afterward became the owner. 

At this time, and for a number of years after, 
there was no wagon road for several miles from 
the settlement, probably five or six, and all freight 
necessary for the little colony had to be trans- 
ported on horse-back or by manual labor. 

The level lands of the valley had been owned 
and occupied before the arrival of the Greeleys by 
two families, one of whom, named Toby, built the 
old barn which stood just south of the "Spruces." 
Two or three rods south of this is a slight eleva- 
tion on which a dilapidated log house stood in 
1859; and about a dozen rods east of said barn a 
small frame building was then standing once 
owned and occupied by a family named Bryant, in 
which Mrs. Arnold Drake, Sr., was a child. They 
claimed to be (perhaps distant!) relations of Wm. 
Cullen Bryant. 

For the want of a better place, Mr. Greeley 



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built his small house about three rods below the 
northwest corner of the orchard ; the cellar is still 
to be seen partly filled with earth and bushes. He 
then cut and burned the trees on 100 acres on the 
mountain side principally, if not entirely, with his 
own hands ; and his wife has told us more than 
once how, after the fire had swept over the mass 
of fallen trees, she used to shut her two little boys 
in the cabin while she, day after day, gathered and 
burned such half consumed pieces as she was able 
to handle. 

At such expense of care and toil did the elder 
Greeleys build their small house, and plant their 
orchard, on a sunny slope at the edge of the for- 
est, so situated that Noon Peak was exactly south. 
They were thus in a measure prepared for that 
which, rather than farming or logging, was to be 
the productive industry of the place. The first 
summer boarder came to their home in 1833 and 
was so well suited that he returned with his wife 
the following year. He was Ephraim W. Bull of 
Concord, Mass., known as the producer of the 
Concord Grape. 

After living in the original house for sixteen years, 
they built the little "red cottage," wood-shed and 
barn which stood at the western end of the hotel 
until the present dining-room was added. By this 
time Mr. Greeley had acquired nearly all the valley 
land and had turned his attention to raising neat 
stock, while in the winter he materially increased 
his income by an active lumbering business. 

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In 1859 a hotel 100 x 40 ft., three stories high, 
with a wing of two-thirds the capacity of the main 
building was begun. It was located near the site 
of the old bowling alley. It was finished for the 
next season and a grand opening held July 4, 
1860, at which time there were said to be not less 
than 1000 people present, forming a procession 
nearly two miles long. 

The house was well filled and the first season 
gave promise of a successful future, but on the 
morning of June 10, 1861, the cook of the pre- 
vious year, who with his little family lived in the 
rear wing, was awakened by the flames and found 
that nearly the entire attic of the main building 
was ablaze. The house with almost all its con- 
tents was soon reduced to ashes, leaving as its 
only modern vestige a cellar now grown up to 
trees. 

After the burning of the hotel some of the 
guests took rooms at the "red cottage" and for 
several years this little building was filled with 
boarders in spite of close quarters and unpleasant 
barnyard surroundings. 

"At this time," writes Mr. A. S. Osborne de- 
scribing his visit in 1862, "Greeley, the elder, was 
proprietor of the valley and everything in it. He 
was then about sixty-five years old and appeared 
to have an iron constitution, although his spare 
form was somewhat bent and gnarled. His fea- 
tures were full of odd lines and produced an 



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effect of good natured grotesqueness that was 
quite taking. He was very bright and quick at 
retort and had an immense amount of executive 
energy that he carried into everything." 

The first addition to the "red cottage" was begun 
in 1865 and finished ready for the earliest arrivals 
of 1866, with a capacity for about sixty guests. 
The property passed subsequently into the hands 
of Mr. Merrill Greeley, son of Nathaniel, and was 
by him sold to Mr. Elliott in the fall of 1883. 
Mr. Elliott enlarged and improved it greatly, and 
his wife, who undertook the management after 
his death, has made even more extensive alter- 
ations. The present parlor was added in 1886, the 
dining room and ell in 1895, the new barn in 1891, 
the power house and reservoir in 1901, Tecumseh 
Lodge, across the road to the west of the hotel, 
in 1901, and the new bowling alley in 1904. 

The valley came into repute as a fishing ground 
long before summer boarders appeared in any 
numbers. One of the earliest traditions of the 
place involves a certain Elisha Horton of Canton, 
Mass., who came every summer to the valley and 
spent his days in angling. He always wandered 
away alone and brought back trout of the largest 
size, but would never reveal to others the where- 
abouts of his fishing grounds. 

Among the earliest boarders, so far as we can 
ascertain, whose names are still remembered, who 
still come at least occasionally, or whose immedi- 
ate relatives come, were : — 

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Mr. E. J. Connable, and wife, Jackson, Mich., 
1859. 

Mr. N. S. Bachelder, Concord, N. H., 1862. 

Prof. George Osborne, Boston, Mass., 1862. 

Mr. A. S. Osborne, Boston, Mass., 1862. 

Mrs. M. E. Goodrich, Auburndale, Mass., 1864. 

Hon. Eben F. Stone, and wife, Newburyport, 
Mass., 1864. 

Mr. R. P. Shaw, Cambridge, Mass., 1864. 

Mr. Theo. M. Osborne, Salem, Mass., 1865. 

Mrs. H. S. Osborne, Salem, Mass., 1867. 

Miss H. F. Osborne, Salem, Mass., 1867. 

Mr. T. M. Stimpson, Peabody, Mass., 1868. 

Rev. E. E. Hale, Boston, Mass., 1868. 

Miss Gertrude A. Balch, Newburyport, Mass., 
1868. 

Miss Mary C. Johnson, Newburyport, Mass., 
1868. 

Mrs. S. B. Tobey, and daughter, Providence, 
R. I., 1868. 

Mr. Arthur Fletcher, and wife, Concord, N. H., 
1870. 

Miss A. M. Fletcher, Concord, N. H., 1870. 

Mrs. Mary G. Bachelder, Salem, Mass., 1870. 

Miss Mary B. Briggs, Dedham, Mass., 1871. 

Mr. F. C. Briggs, Hampton, Va., 1871. 

Judge J. W. Bacon, and wife, Natick, Mass., 
1872. 

There are at present (1916) eleven cottages in 
the valley. Mr. E. J. Connable built his, now 



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owned by Rev. C. H. Patton, in 1863 ; Rev. J. M. 
Buckley built his, now owned by A. L. Goodrich, 
in 1877 ; Messrs. J. W. Davis and F. C. Briggs, 
theirs, now owned by Prof. M. B. Crawford and 
Mrs. J. E. Leaycraft, in 1880; Rev. F. N. Pelou- 
bet, his in 1883 ; The Spruces, originally built by 
Mrs. Mary Taylor in 1860, was remodelled in 
1884 and later moved across the road to become 
The Annex; Mr. C. H. Pond built his cottage, now 
owned by Mrs. S. L. Woods, in 1886 ; the Osceola 
cottage was built in 1887 on the frame of a cot- 
tage originally built by Mr. Moody Elliott. Prof. 
G. F. Swain built his cottage, now owned by Miss 
Laura Wheeler, in 1896, and Mr. H. S. Stearns, 
his in 1900. Mrs. Elliott's cottage was built in 
1911, and Mr. C. W. Whittlesey built his in 1910. 
Thus the visitor of to-day, if he ascends the 
little slope to the east of the hotel and looks about 
him with his face to the west finds himself on the 
eastern side and near the northern end of a small 
clearing in the middle of a valley five or six miles 
long by two or three wide, closed at its southern 
end by the huge mass of Sandwich Mt, and at the 
north by the still finer peaks of Mt. Osceola, and 
flanked on the east and west by the summits and 
ridges of Snow's Mt. and Mt. Tecumseh. Below 
him lies the hotel ; to right and left, on the low 
ridge where he is, stand six fine cottages ; in the 
valley below him are six more; while down the 
road is the inevitable school-house, now, in default 



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of children, become the Town House for the few 
legal voters. There is barely cleared land enough 
for the golf links. All else is wood and stream 
and mountain air. 

As to the reasons that might induce a visit, or 
the pleasures one might expect, they are manifold. 
In the first place it is retired. It is eleven miles 
down a narrow valley to the nearest railroad, and 
there is no other possible approach except through 
woods and over the mountains. One feels that he 
has got into a place different from the usual 
resorts. Distant views are not to be had, of 
course, except from the mountain tops, but it does 
not seem shut in ; it is too large, the summits are 
too far apart, for that. There is plenty of sun- 
light, of air, of woods, of streams and mountains ; 
and the world with its cares and troubles is shut 
out. Then again it is not fashionable. The class 
of people who take their summer outing by shift- 
ing from a city to a country drawing room do not 
go to Waterville. Rest, recreation, and nature 
are its chief attractions. As to its natural attrac- 
tions, just run your eye over the map noticing the 
dotted lines with the multitude of names attached. 
Those lines represent paths. There are over thirty 
miles of them in the valley, all well kept. 

Those who like severer work can find it in 
abundance by abandoning the paths and taking to 
the woods in almost any direction. There is 
plenty of splendid climbing on the slopes of 



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Tecumseh, Sandwich, Osceola, or the Tripyramids 
from whose northern and southern flanks came 
the great slides of 1869 and 1885. As to the fish- 
ing, it is not what it used to be, but count the 
brooks. Finally, the valley is so placed that it is 
admirably adapted for use as a starting-point for 
long trips into all that little-visited region which lies 
between the Saco on the east and the Profile Notch 
on the west, and reaches from the Waterville and 
Albany valleys on the south to the Twin Moun- 
tains on the north — the heart of the mountain 
region. 



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NOTE 

The part that follows is merely a guide. Those 
who use it are warned that the distances given are 
approximate only and do not represent, in muscu- 
lar effort, the same number of miles on a level 
road. It will be well also to keep in mind what 
the right bank of a stream is. The heights of the 
mountains are taken mainly from the lists of the 
A. M. C. and the U. S. Coast Survey. The bear- 
ings giving are magnetic. 

In regard to the mountains, trails, etc., outside 
the limits of this book, and to the harder or less 
known trips within the Valley, detailed informa- 
tion may be found in the trampers' record book 
kept in the Osceola library. 

The strong, comfortable seats, conveniently 
located about the valley, were all designed and 
made by Mr. W. A. Lorenz, of Hartford, Conn. 
The pavilion on Bull Hill was built by Mrs. M. E. 
Mathewson of New Haven, Conn., in 1911. 



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PART II, THE GUIDE 

1. Mountains 

Acteon Range. Ridge running S. W. from 
Jennings Peak. 

Bald Knob. A low rocky summit standing op- 
posite Welch Mt., at the entrance to the Valley. 
No path. It is the terminal peak of the Acteon 
range. 

Flat Mountain. 2800 ft. The low mass be- 
tween Sandwich Mt. and Snow's Mountain. 
Fletcher's Cascade is on its flank. 

Flume Peak. 2900 ft. Between forks of Flume 
Brook. 

Jennings Peak. 3500 ft. A spur of Sandwich 
Mt. 

Kancamagus. 3724 ft. Makes the eastern 
wall of Mad River Notch. 

Noon Peak. 2900 ft. A spur of Sandwich 
Mt. 

Osceola, N. 13°W. from Hotel. 4352 ft. 

Hotel to Osceola Bridge, *4-5 M., (First Crossing of West 
Branch) ; to first camp, 1; to first Lookout, 1 1-2; to second 
camp, 1 2-3 ; to lower spring, 2 1-4 ; to second Lookout, 
3 1-2; to upper spring, 3 3-4; to summit, 4 3-16. 



^Fractions indicated thus, for convenience of printing. 

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f 1. Old Path. 

Go north from the Hotel to the Steps. Cross 
Mad River here, turn to the right and take the 
path which very quickly leads away to the left. 
Follow this to the logging road (See 2.), cross the 
road and continue on to Osceola Bridge. West 
Branch is then crossed and the path soon divides. 
The left hand path leads to Tecumseh ; keep to 
the right. At the first camp the path crosses the 
West Branch logging road and continues through 
the woods by the first Lookout rejoining the log- 
ging road just below the second camp. Leave 
the road at the camp, pass between the buildings 
and climb the sharp pitch. After this the way is 
plain. Its steepest part is between the lower 
spring and the second Lookout. The lower spring 
is just ofl the path on the right about 1 M. beyond 
the second camp. It is unfailing. The upper 
spring is close to the path on the left about 1-3 M. 
from the summit. It is small but never fails 
except in very dry weather. The second Lookout 
gives view to south over the whole valley. A few 
rods W. of the summit is a substantial open camp, 
comfortably accommodating 10 persons. Blankets 
are kept there during the summer. The Ravine 
Path, a rough trail mainly used for returning, 
leaves the summit at the N. end of the cliff, fol- 
lows the ridge toward the East Peak to the moun- 



■j-Lumbering has destroyed Osceola Bridge (1916). Till it 
is replaced follow 2. bt-low. 

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tain meadow at its lowest point, thence strikes 
down to Osceola Brook, follows it and presently 
takes to a logging road which emerges on the main 
path at the first camp. 

2. By the Logging Road. 

Go as directed in 1. to the first logging road. 
The West Branch logging road enters the main 
road at the point thus reached. Follow the West 
Branch road to the second camp and then proceed 
as per 1. The Tecumseh path is crossed just be- 
yond Tecumseh brook, and the Old Path (See 1.) 
at the first camp. The logging road is very rocky 
between the two camps. 

A roughly cleared surveyor's trail runs over the 
ridge to the East Peak, 4204 ft., which offers little 
view. From here by one of the slides descent 
may be made to Greeley Ponds. The slides on 
the East Peak of Osceola are long and steep, but 
narrow. The new slide fell in 1897 and half filled 
the lower Greeley Pond. The old slide stripped 
the next ravine to the north. It is slightly 
shorter. The Split Cliff is a ledge on the N. side 
of Osceola. It is N. E. of the summit. Follow 
the Ravine path about 1-16 M. Path turns to left 
and descends sharply for about 3-16 M. 

Passaconway. 4116 ft. East and south of S. 
Tripyramid. See Whiteface. 

Sachem Peak. A sharp summit S. W. of Jen- 
nings Peak, in the Acteon range. No path. 

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Sandwich Mt. S. 8° W. from Hotel. 3999 ft. 

Hotel, by road, to beginning of path, 1 4-5 M. ; to Noon 
Peak, 3 1-4; to spring, 4; to Jennings Peak, 4 1-4; to sum- 
mit, 5 1-4. 

The path is steep as far as Noon Peak ; after 
that, quite easy. There is a spring about two- 
thirds way between Noon and Jennings Peaks, 
and one which may be reached by a side path 1-4 
of a mile long, leaving the main path about 1-2 
mile from the top. Neither of these peaks is on 
the main path but each can be reached by a short 
side path. 

The trail from Sandwich (about 8 M.) comes 
up on the S. E. side of the mountain. 
There is a camp a short distance below the 
summit on this trail and a spring just beyond it. 
Some distance below the spring the trail forks. 
Path to left comes out at Great Falls ; path to 
right comes out on Bennet St. In 1902 a trail 
called "Algonquin", was made running from the 
height of land on the Sandwich Notch road, over 
the S. W. shoulder, striking the Waterville trail 
near the summit. 

Scar Ridge. A high sharp ridge running from 
Osceola to the N. W. From the third peak East 
Pond may be seen and readily reached. 

Snow's Mountain. 2900 ft. 2 M. Wooded 
summit southeast of Hotel. An old path to sum- 
mit can be followed from Snow's Mt. Outlook. 
No view. 



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Tecumseh. N. 66° W. from Hotel. 4008 ft. 

Hotel to Osceola Bridge, 4-5 M. ; to spring, 2 ; to sum- 
mit, 3 1-16. See note and 2 under Osceola. 

This path is same as the Osceola path till Osce- 
ola Bridge is passed. Here we turn to left up 
the ridge. The climbing begins at once. The 
grade is quite heavy and increases steadily, the 
last mile being the hardest. The spring is a poor 
one. 

Tripyramids, The. 

1. The North Tripyramid. 4189 ft. 

Hotel to Be'ckytown, 1 2-3 M. ; to camp, 2 1-4; to foot 
of North Slide, 3 3-4; to summit, 4 1-4; Middle Peak, 5; 
South Peak, 5 1-2. 

2. South Tripyramid. 4139 ft. 

Hotel to camp, 2 1-6; to "V", 4; to foot of South Slide, 
4 1-2 ; to summit, 5. 

3. The Middle Tripyramid, 4155 ft., 

is about 1-2 M. from the South, and 2-3 M. from the North 
Tripyramid. 

The route to the Tripyramids follows either the 
A. M. C. path or the logging road nearly to the 
camp on Avalanche brook. Just before the camp 
is reached a road comes in on the right — follow 
this. Shortly after the brook is crossed the road 
forks again. Take the left fork for the North 
Tripyramid, follow it as far as you can and then 
take to the brook. For the South Tripyramid, 
take the right fork, follow it till it ends — which 
is at the head of the V — and then take to the 



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brook. Ascend the North Slide on the gravel at 
the side ; the middle is dangerous. The South 
Slide is safe anywhere. A path has been 
cleared from the top of the South Slide to 
the South peak, leaving the Slide at the 
head of the western bay ; also from the western 
bay of the North Slide to the North Peak. At 
present (1916) there is merely a rough trail over 
the peaks and considerable scrub exists. The 
summits are wooded, but outlooks have been cut. 
The trip is one of the hardest in the valley. 

The "V" is a place in the track of the South 
Slide where Slide Brook has cut through the ledge 
in such a way that a cross-section of its excava- 
tion gives a V. It is not an easy place to pass. 

The Black Cascade is about 1-2 M. below the 
"V." The stream here flows over a ledge of 
black gabbro. 

Cold Brook enters on the righ bank near the 
Black Cascade. It comes from the South Tri- 
pyramid and, when not flooded, flows for a con- 
siderable distance underground. 

The South Slide came down on October 4, 1869, 
and was largely increased at the time the North 
Slide occurred, August 13, 1885. The South Slide 
is on the S. W. face of the South Tripyramid ; 
the North Slide, on the north face of the North 
Tripyramid. 

Welch Mountain. 7 1-2 M. The picturesque 
pile of granite which stands on the left at the 

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entrance of the Valley, opposite Bald Knob. It is 
the southernmost peak of the Tecumseh range. 
The path leaves the road at the top of the six- 
mile hill on the old road, and leads across the 
pasture and through a maple orchard. It is not 
well marked. 

Whiteface. 4057 ft. 

1. Woodbury Trail. 

Hotel to Cascade 1 1-2 M. ; to junction with Air Line, 
(See 2), 3; to Flat Mt. Ponds path, 4 1-6; to Bunker 
Hill Spring, 5 2-3 ; to Passaconway cut-off and the Sleeper 
trail, 6 1-2; Whiteface, 7 1-6. 

2. Air Line Trail. 

Hotel to Ledges p., 3-5 M. ; to Snow's Mt. Outlook p., 1 ; 
to spring, 1 5-8; to junc. Woodbury trail, 2 1-8; to Flat 
Mt. Ponds p., 3 1-2 ; to Bunker Hill spring, 5 ; to Passa- 
conway cut-off and Sleeper trail, 5 4-5 ; Whiteface, 6 1-2 ; 
to Wonalancet, 11 1-2; Whiteface to Passaconway, 2 1-2. 

The Woodbury trail to Whiteface, named for 
its principal constructor, Dr. W. R. Woodbury, 
was put through in 1902. It continues the Cas- 
cade path up the right bank of Cascade brook, 
finally crossing and ascending the flank of the high 
ridge connecting Whiteface and Tripyramid. The 
trail is rough and ascends steadily, but has few 
steep pulls and is easily followed except where 
the lumbering has crossed it. There are two log 
huts on Whiteface, without blankets. The spring 
is close to the top on its southern side. From the 
summit trails lead to Mt. Passaconway and to 
Wonalancet. The "Cut-off" path is at present 
(1916) lost in the lumbering. There is an A. M. 

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C. open camp on Passaconway at the base of the 
cone near the loop path. Distance from Hotel 
8 M. 

The Air Line Trail was put through in 1907 
by Mr. C. W. Blood and Mr. P. R. Jenks. It 
crosses the saddle between the Ledges and Snow's 
Mt. and then follows a contour line on the east 
side of the mountain till it reaches Cascade brook 
and the Woodbury trail by which it then proceeds. 

The old Sleeper trail running from Tripyramids 
to Whiteface, named for the proprietor of Wona- 
lancet Farm, starts about half way up the E. side 
of the South slide on Tripyramid, and follows 
the crest of the ridge toward Whiteface. It joins 
the Woodbury trail just before the final pull up 
the peak is begun. Distance about 3 1-2 M. 



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2. OTHER OBJECTS 

Algonquin Trail. See Sandwich Mt. 

A. M. C. Path (Appalachian Mountain Club). 
See Livermore Trail. 

Beckytown. 1 2-3 M. See historical sketch. 
Follow any of the paths to the Cascades. A few 
rods beyond the point where the Swaseytown and 
Outlook paths to the Cascades unite, the Becky- 
town path turns to the left (1 1-6 M., by Out- 
look). The path crosses Cascade Brook at once 
and runs 1-2 M. through the woods to Beckytown. 
About two-thirds of the way through, the Nor- 
way Rapids path turns to the left. 

Big Bowlder, The. 7-8 M. 
It is situated on the right bank of Slide Brook a 
few rods above its junction with Mad River. It 
can be reached either by the Undercut path or by 
the Greeley Ponds path and the big Bowlder 
Bridge. See the directions for reaching the Cas- 
cades, or Swaseytown. 

Big Bowlder Bridge. 4-5 M. 
Carries the Slide Brook logging road over Mad 
River just above the junction of those streams. 

Black Cascade, The. 3 1-2 M. 
So called from the color of the gabbro ledge over 
which the water pours. See South Tripyramid. 

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Bluff, The. 1-3 M. 
A few rods beyond the Steps on the left bank of 
Mad River. Take the Swaseytown path and turn 
to left just after you enter the woods. 

"Bowlder Brook. 

The tributary of Drake's Brook on which Fletch- 
er's Cascade is situated. Named from collection 
of bowlders at its mouth. 

Bull Hill. Down the road 1-2 M. Pavilion. 

Cascades, The. t2000 ft. 

1. Over the hill, Outlook Path. 

Hotel to Outlook, 3-4 M. ; to Spring. 1; to Cascades, 1 1-2. 

The Swaseytown path (see 2) enters on left at 
foot of hill beyond the spring. The Becky town 
path leaves on the left a few rods further on. 

2. Via Swaseytown. 

Hotel to Dam, 1 M ; to Swaseytown, 1 1-4; to Cascades, 2. 

The path by Undercut and Big Bowlder (see 3) 
enters this path at the Dam. ( Fine view of Tri- 
pyramids.) The path over the hill (see 1) is 
joined about 1-3 M. beyond Swaseytown. 

3. Via Undercut Path and Big Bowlder. 

Hotel to Steps, 1-5 M. ; to Eig Eowlder, 7-8; to Dam, 

1 1-4; to Swaseytown, 1 1-2; to Cascades, 2 1-4. The 

Scaur path turns to the left over Kettles Bridge just above 
the Eowlder. 

4. Via Big Bowlder Bridge. 2 1-2 M. 



*Only a few brooks will be included in this list. For 
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Follow Greeley Ponds path for about 4-5 M. 
Turn to the right up the logging road, cross the 
bridge, and in a few rods turn to the right again, 
crossing Slide Brook by the Kettles Bridge just 
above the Bowlder. Then turn to the left and 
continue by the Undercut path (3). 

The Cascades are 7 or 8 in number, of which 
the third and first are the finest. For the best 
views cross the brook at the foot of the first fall 
and go up on the right bank. Then recross at the 
head of the fourth fall and return by the left 
bank. The Cave is on the right bank beside the 
second fall. 

Cave, The. See Cascades. 

Cold Brook. See South Tripyramid. 

Crossings of West Branch. See Osceola. 

Davis Park. 2 1-8 M. Path turns to left 
from Greeley Ponds path a short distance beyond 
Scaur bridge. Named for Mr. J. W. Davis, who 
built the first path. It is a collection of large 
bowlders in a park-like stretch of hardwood forest, 
lying on the slope of Osceola about opposite the 
Scaur. Goodrich Rock, the largest bowlder in the 
Valley, lies a short distance farther on. 

East Pond., 7 M. Lies high up under the third 
peak of the Scar ridge. The old trail, which left 
the North Woodstock path at the height of land in 
Thornton Gap, is utterly lost. 



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Elephant Rock, 1-2 M. On the hill path to 
Cascades. It is 2 or 3 rods off the path to the 
right. Path to Ledges runs hy it. 

Flat Mt. Ponds. 6 M. In valley southeast of 
Flat Mt. 

Follow Air Line Whiteface trail, to point of 
separation, 3 1-2 M. From trail to Ponds, 2 1-2 
M. Ponds to Whiteface Intervale, 4 M. Trail 
opened in 1906. 

Fletcher's Cascade. 

Hotel, by road, to path, 1 1-3 M. ; to foot of Cascade, 
3 1-4; to summit, 3 1-2. 

Go by road nearly to Drake's mill. Turn from 
the road to left at signboard, cross the open 
plateau lying between Drake's brook and the road 
(fine view of Osceola) and take the logging road 
leading up the brook. Follow this to the clearing 
at Josselyn's mill, and beyond, till the road crosses 
Bowlder Brook. The path turns to the left be- 
yond the brook and strikes the cascades some dis- 
tance above its foot. The old path is wiped out 
by logging and beyond the clearing the logging 
road is badly overgrown. The Cascades are ordi- 
narily a mere trickle, but after a hard storm they 
are visible from the Hotel, a silver thread on the 
flank of Flat Mt. At such times there are no 
finer cascades in New Hampshire. They were 
named for Mr. Arthur Fletcher, of Concord, N. H. 



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Flume, The. 2500 ft. 

Hotel to Greeley Ponds Bridge, 2 1-12 M. ; to crossing, 
2 4-5 ; to Flume, 3 1-5 ; to A. M. C. path, 3 5-8. 

This path follows the Greeley Ponds Path to 
Flume Brook and then keeps up the left bank of 
Flume Brook for about 3-4 mile, after which it 
crosses to the right bank for the rest of the dis- 
tance. The grade is pretty heavy, especially after 
the brook is crossed. The path enters the Flume 
at the lower right hand corner looking down 
stream. A well marked path runs from a point 
on the left bank at the head of the Flume across 
the woods to the A. M. C. path, 3-8 M., by which 
a return can be made via Beckytown. A path 
also leaves the Flume at the lower left hand cor- 
ner, rises to the crest of the ridge and continues 
along the ridge to the Scaur. 1 M. 

Goodrich Rock. 2 2-5 M.. The largest bowl- 
der in the valley, measuring roughly, 60x50x50 ft. 
It lies beyond and above Davis Park on the slope 
of Osceola. For the path see Davis Park. From 
the top of the rock a fine view down the valley 
may be had. The loggers have destroyed the 
forest to the west but have made the rock easy 
to reach by their roads. To get at it in this way 
leave the main logging road at the Supply Camp, 
2 2-5 M. 

Greeley Ponds. 2252 ft. 

Hotel to Steps, 1-5 M. ; to Scaur Bridge, 1 1-2 ; to The 
Knight's Bridge, 2; to Greeley Ponds Bridge, 2 1-12; to 
lower Pond, 3 3-5 ; to upper Pond, 4. 

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This path crosses Mad River at the Steps and 
turning to the right, avoiding the Osceola path, 
continues up the right bank of the river. It 
reaches the Slide brook logging road at the point 
where the Greeley Ponds logging road enters — 
quite near Bowlder bridge. Until recently it ran 
from Bowlder bridge close along the bank of the 
river nearly to Scaur bridge before taking to the 
logging road. This beautiful section has now 
( 1916) been destroyed and the path takes to the 
Greeley Ponds logging road at its beginning and 
follows it nearly to the lower Pond. It then turns 
to the left into the woods for the remaining dis- 
tance. The river is crossed at the Knight's Bridge, 
and Flume brook at the Greeley Ponds Bridge. 
Path to the Flume turns to right just before 
Greeley Ponds Bridge is reached. 

The Ponds were named for the former propri- 
etor of the Hotel, Mr. Nathaniel Greeley. Be- 
yond the Ponds the path continues through the 
Notch till it intersects the trail from Swift river 
to Lincoln. 

Greeley Ponds Bridge. 2 1-12 M. On Flume 
Brook where the Greeley Ponds Path crosses. 

Josselyn's Mill. 1 7-8 M. 

Site of old mill on Drake's brook. Go by path 
to Fletcher's Cascade. 

Judge's Spring. 

See the Scaur. Named for Judge John W. Bacon, 
of Natick, Mass. 

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Kancamagus Flume and Cliffs, I and II. 3 1-4, 
4 M. Overhanging cliffs and strange cleft in the 
rock on the west flank of Kancamagus. Trails 
leave Greeley Ponds path about 2 3-4 and 3 1-2 
M. up. 

Kettles, The Three. 1 2-5 M. 
The kettle shaped depressions (probably caused 
by the melting of glacial ice) on the path to the 
Scaur via Big Bowlder. 

Livermore Trail or A. M. C. Path. Highest 
point, 2822 ft. 

Hotel to Avalanche camp, 2 1-4 M. ; to Mt. Washington 
Outlook, 4 5-8; to site of Camp 6, 7 1-4; to Livermore Mills, 
13 1-4; to R. R. in Saco Valley, 15. 

Take any of the paths to Beckytown. Cross 
Slide Brook at Beckytown and when logging road 
is reached follow it to the camp. Here the trail 
turns into the woods to the left, ascends the long- 
slope onto the high table land between Tripyramid 
and Kancamagus, and crosses this in a N. E. 
direction. The path then descends into the basin 
formed by the head waters of Swift River till the 
old railroad (site of Camp 6) is reached, and fol- 
lows the abandoned railroad to Sawyer's river, 
and then the present tracks down the river to 
Livermore Mills. The path to the Flume leaves 
on the left just at the top of the long hill beyond 
Avalanche camp. Cut-off to Swift river path 
leaves on the right at 5 1-2 M. 



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Ledges, The. 2137 ft. 7-8 M. The summit 
of the hill E. of the Hotel. Trail leaves Cascade 
path (1) near 1-2 M. mark. Return path runs 
down from Ledges to "Air-Line" trail to White- 
face. 

Lookout, The. First. 

Lookout, The. Second. 
On the Osceola path. First Lookout gives fine 
view of Tripyramids ; second Lookout gives fine 
view of the valley. 

Mad River Notch. 2303 ft. 
This is the pass between Osceola and Kancamagus. 
The Greeley Ponds are in this notch. The old 
path to the Saco by Sawyer's river ran here. It 
kept on by the ponds and then, turning somewhat 
to the N. E., ran along the slope around the head 
waters of Hancock Branch till it reached a gap by 
means of which it crossed into the valley of Saw- 
yer's River and followed it down. A much better 
route than the present A. M. C. path. 

Meadows, The. Upper and Lower. 
The Upper Meadow is an intervale on Mad River 
directly west of Hotel, 1-3 M. The Lower 
Meadow (1-2 M.) is a smaller intervale farther 
down river. It is usually reached by the path in 
the woods back of the old bowling alley, but can 
also be reached by a cart path 8 or 10 rods further 
south. 

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North Woodstock Path.Highest point, 2332 ft. 

Hotel to second camp, 1 2-3 M. ; to height of land, 3 3-4 ; 
to old loggng railroad, 4 1-2 ; to point of leaving railroad, 
9 ; to valley road near Mt. Park hotel, 10 1-2 ; to North 
Woodstock, 14. 

This path is the Osceola path to the second 
camp. From this point it continues by the West 
Branch logging road nearly to the height of land. 
It then becomes an obscure trail over the height 
of land and down to an abandoned logging rail- 
road. This may be followed down to Woodstock, 
if desired. The shorter route to North Wood- 
stock, however follows this road for about 4 1-2 
M., and then abandons it for a N. W. cross 
country cut-off of about 1 1-2 M. to the valley 
road near the Mountain Park hotel. Then 3 1-2 
M. by road to North Woodstock. 

Norway Rapids. 

1. Direct, 1 3-4 M. 

Go over the hill by the Cascade path and follow the 
Beckytown path for about 1-3 M. from Cascade Brook, then 
turn to the left. 

2. Via Big Bowlder, 2 1-2 M. 

Take Undercut path to Big Bowlder. Cross by Kettles 
bridge to logging road. Then see 3. 

3. Via Logging Road. 

Follow the logging road leading to the Camp on Avalanche 
brook for about 2 1-2 M. Sign board. 10 rods through 
woods by path. 

These rapids are on Slide Brook between Swa- 
seytown and Beckytown. 

Osceola Bridge. 4-5 M. 
Over the West Branch on Osceola path. Now 
(1916) destroyed by the lumbering. 

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Osceola Rapids. On Osceola brook. Follow 
Ravine path. 

Outlook, The. 3-4 M. 

On hill path to Cascades. View of Mad River 
Notch. 

Painted Cliffs. 3 1-2 M. The high cliffs on 
the East Peak of Osceola which are especially 
noticeable from the Scaur. No path. 

Ravine of Avalanches. 

The head of Avalanche Brook. Part of the North 
Slide. 

Ravine Path. 

A rough trail up Osceola by way of the ravine of 
Osceola Brook, used mainly for returning. It 
leaves the main trail at the first camp and follows 
the Osceola brook logging road to its end. Thence 
the trail follows the left bank of the brook, 
ascends the head wall of the ravine to the 
meadow, and follows the crest of the ridge to the 
top (4 3-4 M.). 

Scaur, The. 2200 ft. 

1. Via Scaur Bridge. 

Hotel to Scaur Bridge, 1 1-2 M. ; to Judge's Spring, 1 2-3 ; 
to Summit, 2 1-4. 

This path follows the Greeley Ponds path to 
Scaur Bridge. It rises from the brook by two 
steep terraces and a final sharp climb to the ledge. 
The Judge's Spring is on the left of the path near 

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the foot of the first terrace. The Kettles path 

(see 2) enters at the foot of the final climb. Path 

to^ Flume leaves from near the top of the final 
climb. 

2. Via Kettles. 

Hotel to Big Bowlder, 7-8 M. ; to Kettles, 1 2-5 ; to sum- 
mit, 2 1-4. 

This path leaves the Undercut path at the 
Kettles Bridge just above the Bowlder and joins 
the Scaur Bridge path (see 1) at the foot of the 
final climb to the ledge, avoiding the second ter- 
race entirely, and taking the first terrace gradually 
at the Kettles. There is a spring on the right a 
few rods before the two paths join. 

The Scaur is a very precipitous ledge on the 
slope of the hill between Mad River and Slide 
Brook. 

Scaur Bridge. 1 1-2 M. 
Over Mad River. See the Scaur. 

Shell Cascades. 

Hotel, by road, to brook, 3 3-4 M. ; to Cascades, 4 1-4. 

These Cascades are on Hardy's Brook which 
comes out of the ravine west of the great ridge 
of Tecumseh. No path (1916). 

Slides, The. North and South. 
See Tripyramids. 

Snow's Mt. Outlook. 

Located on ridge leading from north to summit. 
Follow Whiteface (Air Line) trail to 1 M. mark. 

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Path leaves to right up the hill (1-3 M.). Fine 
view down Mad River valley. 

Split Cliff, The. 
A ledge on the north side of Osceola. See Osceola. 

Steps, The. 1-5 M. 

They make the descent of the bluff to the bed of 
Mad River at the point where most of the paths, 
going north, cross. 

Swaseytown. See Historical Sketch. 

1. Direct, 1 1-4 M. 

Go north from the Hotel to the Steps and then to the 
right, keeping up the hill into the woods and avoiding the 
Bluff by keeping straight on. 

2. Via Big Bowlder, 1 1-2 M. 

Either (1) go by Undercut path up the left bank of Mad 
River to Kettles Bridge; or (2) cross Mad River at Steps, 
and follow the Greeley Ponds path to the Big Bowlder 
Bridge, cross the bridge, and in a few rods turn to the 
right and cross the Kettles Bridge. 

These paths unite at Kettles Bridge and follow up the 
left bank of Slide Brook. They join the direct path at the 
dam near Swaseytown. The mouth of Slide Brook is a few 
rods below the Big Bowlder Bridge, and the Big Bowlder 
is a little distance up Slide Brook. Kettles Bridge, just 
above the Bowlder, marks the departure of the path to 
the Scaur, via Kettles. 

Tecumseh Ledges are situated at the southern 
end and close to the summit of the great ridge of 
Tecumseh. No path (1916). 

Terrace, The. A walk of about 1 M. along 
the terrace on the left bank of Mad River from 
the Bluff to Tyler's Spring. 

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On Tecumseh Brook 



The Knight's Bridge. 

Crosses Mad River about 2 M. above the Steps. 
Named for Sir Daniel Wilson, Toronto, P. O. 

Thornton Gap. 2332 ft., is the pass between 
Osceola and Tecumseh. Through it passes the 
North Woodstock trail. 

Triangle, The. Round trip, 1 3-4 M. 

The Osceola and Greeley Ponds path make the 
sides and a cross-path the base. Go by Osceola 
path nearly to Osceola Bridge and then turn to 
right. Wrecked by the lumbering (1916). 

Trough, The. 2 1-2 M. down the road. A 
picturesque watering trough with quaint inscrip- 
tion. 

Tyler's Spring. 3-5 M. Named for Deacon 
J. C. Tyler, of Boston, Mass. 

Go to the lower end of the Lower Meadow and 
take the path that keeps close to the river. Just 
at the top of the rise beyond the spring the path 
forks. Path to right leads to Drake's Mill. Path 
to left splits into three very shortly. Fork to left 
loops back to Lower Meadow. Middle fork runs 
out to golf links. Right fork leads to Snow's 
brook and up its right bank for some distance. It 
then branches ; one path turns sharply back to the 
left and comes out on the golf links back of the 
School house, the other crosses the brook and 
keeps up its left bank to the road. 

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Undercut Path. 

Runs from Steps bridge, on left bank of Mad 
River and Slide brook, to Big Bowlder and 
Swaseytown. 

V, The. See South Tripyramid. 



Peace waits among the hills ; 
I have drunk peace ; 
Here, where the blue air fills 
The great cup of the hills, 
And fills with peace. 



-Symons 



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3. WALKS AND TRIPS 



Distances in miles 



Short Walks 

Big Bowlder, 7-8 
Bluff, 1-3 
Bull Hill, 1-2 
Josselyn's Mill, 1 7-8 
Ledges, The, 7-8 
Outlook (Csc. p.), 3-4 
Swaseytown Dam, 1 
Terrace Walk, 1 
Tyler's Spring, 3-5 
Tyler's Spring and 

Drake's Mill, 1 2-5 
Tyler's Spring and 

Snow's Brook, 1 1-5 

Longer Walks 

Becky town, 2 1-3 
Cascades, direct, 11-2 
— by S-town, 2 
Davis Park, 2 1-8 
Fletcher's 

Cascade, 3 1-4 
Goodrich Rock, 2 2-5 
Lookout, 1st., 11-2 
Norway Rapids, 1 3-4 
Scaur, 2 1-4 
Snow's Mt. 

Outlook, 1 1-3 



All Day Trips 

Acteon Range, 12 1-4 
Flat Mt. Ponds, 6 
Flume, 3 1-5 
Greeley Ponds, 3 3-5, 4 
Jennings Peak, 4 1-4 
Sandwich Mt. 5 1-4 
Slide— North, 3 3-4 
—South, 4 1-2 
Snow's Mt., 2 
Tecumseh, 3 1-16 
Kancamagus 

Cliffs, 3 1-4, 4 
Livermore Trail ; 
Saco Valley, 15 
Noon Peak, 3 1-4 
North Woodstock, 14 
Osceola, 4 3-16 
Painted Cliff, 3 3-4 
Passaconway, 8 
Tecumseh 

Ledges, 1 3-4 
Tripyramids 

—North, 4 1-4 

— South, 5 
V, The, 4 
Welch Mt., 7 1-2 
Whiteface, 6 1-2 



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4. ALTITUDES 



These altitudes are taken mainly from 
A. M. C. and the U. S. Coast Survey. A 
levels were obtained from the U. S. Geol 

Beckytown 

Camps — Avalanche 

— Flume 

— Supply 

— Swaseytown 

— West Branch, 2nd 
Cascades 
Flat Mt. 
The Flume 
Flume Peak 

Greeley Ponds (Upper) 
Iiotel, The 
Jennings Peak 
Kancamaugus 
Ledges, The 

Livermore Trail, highest point 
Mad River Notch . 
Noon Peak 
Osceola — Main Peak 
— East Peak 
Passaconway 
Sandwich Mt. 
Scaur 

Snow's Mt. 
Swaseytown 
Tecumseh 
Thornton Gap 
Tripyramids— North 
—Middle 
— South 
Whiteface 



the data of the 


few of the lower 


ogical Survey. 


1900 ft. 




2022 " 




1772 " 




1600 " 




1650 " 




1852 " 




2000 " 




2900 " 




2500 " 




2900 " 




2252 " 




1553 " 




3500 " 




3774 " 




2137 " 




2822 " 




2303 " 




2900 " 




4352 " 




4204 " 




4116 " 




3999 " 




2200 " 




2900 " 




1660 " 




4008 " 




2332 " 




4189 " 




4155 " 




4139 " 




4057 " 



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